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Blood Bath and Beyond Hayride Wows with Creativity
We arrived at Slaughter House Adventure later than I would have liked and because of this we would ultimately miss the opportunity to check out the Haunted Maze nor would a return trip through the now legendary barn manifest — none of this however was going to stop me from enjoying the Blood Bath and Beyond Hayride! When we arrived…
Krazy Hilda’s Unleashes Spooks on Campground
It was a long ride from Wyandotte to Chelsea but it was one made with much excitement. Last year we paid our first visit to Krazy Hilda’s and instantly fell in love with the Barn of Doom, ultimately granting it our Dark Horse Award. As some of you may know, Krazy Hilda’s was at a different location last year, partnering…
October slips into November
More than any other year before it the 2012 haunt season went by in a whirlwind blur. I am drained, exhausted, and spent. We ended the season last Saturday with a raucous visit to Darksyde Acres in Jonesville and the team there did not disappoint. I still have a number of reviews to write and by God they will be…
Haunt Season Hits 13th Hour at Darksyde Acres
Tonight — John, Richard, Cikalo, and I will venture to Darksyde Acres in Jonesville, Michigan where a twisted breed waits to deliver the final scares of the 2012 haunt season. For John and I, it is a return to a truly unique location that zapped our minds and thrilled our bodies last year during our maiden voyage. No night is…
Nightmare Sanctum another Mixed Bag from Wyandotte Jaycees
It was with high hopes that John and I set off last Friday for the 2012 haunted house from the Wyandotte Jaycees, Nightmare Sanctum. We’ve visited the haunted offerings of the Wyandotte Jaycees each year since 2007, and as I’ve written before the results have been mixed — this year was no different. When we pulled into the empty lot…
All Hallow’s Eve, Our Muddy Nightmare
As I mentioned last night, John and I will venture to Maumee, Ohio this evening for Dimensions in Darkness and Terror Town. If what I’ve read about Dimensions of Darkness is true then we will surely have a Halloween to remember — voices on the wind carry to me tales of frightening intensity cocooned within an old school approach. Terror…
A Blustry Devil’s Night Stirs Memories
It is with great excitement that I can report that the Mud Puppets Halloween Special is nearly complete — I plan to post it before I drift off to dream land tonight. In haunt related news, John and I were all set to go haunting tonight until we had a change of plans yesterday, a change that would cause us…
Apparition of Flicker and Fade
The final installment of the 2012 Halloween themed Word of the Week. So often during the season of screams we find ourselves pondering the great unknown. Did you see what you thought you saw? Was it a shadow, a trick of the light, your imagination? The veil grows thin as All Hallow’s Eve approaches, the night when memories bleed through…
Haunt Fiend, Indeed
My usual cohorts were out of town last night but I didn’t let that stop me from enjoying a little night of local haunting. I called up my incomparable friend Ted, known to some as Victor Severus. We swung by Haunt for Hunger in Allen Park and then the Scream Machine in Taylor. Earlier today my sister and I took…
Running the Haunt Gamut
We got a bit of a late start last night and it adversely affected our haunting but that didn’t stop us from experiencing some interesting moments along the way. Nightmare Sanctum from the Wyandotte Jaycees had some peaks and valleys, but was ultimately hindered once more by the usual shortcomings found here. The new locale for Krazy Hilda’s is tailor…
Perfect Weather for an October Outing
It is with a note of sadness that we find ourselves already at the final Friday in October, but while it’s here we plan to make hay. Tonight, John and I travel to Nightmare Sanctum the latest offering from the Wyandotte Jaycees. This group has offered a mixed bag of attractions in recent years — delivering an old school classic…
Legion of Terror Breathes Life into Bloodview
It was apparent from the get go that the actors at Bloodview were cut from a different cloth than those at the Haunted School House and Laboratory. The ghouls and goblins here bill themselves as the Legion of Terror and claim to be the oldest improvisational troupe in the United States. Every weekend the brains behind Bloodview change the theme…
Laboratory Mirrors Successes, Shortcomings of Haunted School House
Once we were free of the grip of the Haunted School House we walked the short distance to the Laboratory but not before Jason and John made a quick pit stop into some dense brush. Jason carried himself with shockingly little grace and probably had more than a few other haunters convinced that Big Foot, and not a man, was…
Haunted School House has Presence, lacks Punch
There’s a certain magic present on long distance, overnight haunt trips that’s hard to describe. Maybe it’s the effect of being so far from home or the unbridled excitement of visiting haunted attractions you’ve only read about on the Internet. I know, for me much of it has to do with the adventure inherent to the open road. After checking…
Shroud the Wounds of Old
As we enter the haunted homestretch, I present to you the fourth installment of the 2012 Halloween themed Word of the Week. shroud [shraud] – noun: something that covers or screens; a cloth placed over a dead body.
Beauty Amidst the Horror in North East Ohio
Our overnight stay in Ohio saw us visit numerous areas including Richfield and Akron in Summit County as well as Broadview Heights in Cuyahoga County. The roadsides were splashed with the brilliant colors of fall as we passed hills and valleys on our way to a haunting good time. Did the long awaited trip deliver the goods or did we…
High Expectations for Haunted School House and Laboratory, Bloodview Haunted House
This afternoon the original members of the Haunt Trinity reunite for an epic, overnight haunting excursion! Tonight we make our inaugural trip to the Haunted School House and Laboratory in Akron, Ohio. The Haunted School House has a storied history having once been the Thomastown Elementary School and currently holds the title as America’s longest running haunted attraction — scaring…
Old School Romp at Exit 13
Our final stop last Friday night brought us to Exit 13 in Mt. Morris just north of Flint. We pulled into the parking lot of a dilapidated building, brush ran wild in untended thickets — it looked as if the place had been abandoned for at least a decade. There was scarcely a crowd at the entrance, a lone group…
Sinister Jolts the Night with Surprise Twist
The plot of land that Sinister sits upon isn’t eye catching and when we arrived the scene wasn’t cause for a whole lot of excitement. I didn’t know a great deal about this haunt — it was a wild card in the truest sense of the phrase. With all of this in mind I wondered aloud if we weren’t about…
Farewell Tour Fizzles at Deadly Intentions
It was with more than a little excitement that John and I set off for Deadly Intentions last Friday. As this season does indeed mark the final chapter of the vaunted haunt, we were anticipating the same kind of intense show that first delighted us on Halloween 2008 and then once more with an apocalyptic zombie wasteland in 2009. In…
